Jacob shearman



No. 81,301. PATENTED AUG. 18, 1868.

J. SHEARMAN. MACHINE FOR TURNING BOOT LEGS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JACOB Si'IEAniIAN, of Fayetteville, in the county ofFranklin, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and improvedMachine for Turning Boot-Legs; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, wliich'willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing hatl'to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 is a, sectional elevation of my machine, through the line a; z,fig. 2.

Figure 2 is a top view of the same machine.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this inventionis, asits name imports, for the purpose ofturning boot-legs.

In the manufacture of boots, the legs of the same are seamed up, withthe wrong side out, and afterwards turned find united to the foot partof the boot byzscwing or stitching. I

To accomplish the rapid and easy turning of boot-legs, several machineshave been devised and operated, but were all of them liable toobjections, being complicated, or expensive, or open to otherobjections.

My improved machine is simple, effective, and in small compass.

In consists in the form and arrangcm'entshown in the accomanyingdrawings, and which is hereinafter fully described.

A is the base, and B Q C a table aflixeu thereon. I

E is a cylinder, ofshect metal or wood, affixed to the top of the table,and over an opening in the same, through which the rod f, having hooksg, plays up and down, being actuated to do so by cog-wheels c on thecrank-shaft a, the said cog-wheels engaging with the racks (Z, to thecross-piece c of which racks, the redfis affixed, as shown. v

The opposite side of the cog-wheels engages with a similar 'pair ofracks b, connected, at the upper ends, by a cross-piece, It, to which isafiixed, by anus It It, the ring 1', enclosing the cylinder E.

The racks are so arranged that when the crank j is turned in onedirection, the hooks 9 will descend, and the ring 2' will ascend, aswhen turned in an opposite direction, the reverse movement of the ringahd hooks will take place.

The boot-leg, when seamed up, is slipped on the cylinder, and the strapsof the leg placed on the hooks g; the crank is then turn gd to more thehooks downward, which operation drawsthe boot-leg within the cylinder,thus turning it right side out.

The ring 2', rising simultaneously with the descent of the hooks,actuates the leg upward on the cylinder, thus assisting the operation ofthe hooks in reversing the leg. i

The cylinder may be atfixcd to a slide, D, as shown, so that it may beremoved, and another similar slide bearing a ditl'ercnt-sized cylindermay be substituted, it required.

'ihc racks I, and the ring 2' are merely accessory, andmay be dispensedwith, though the machine will not operate so well without that device.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. he cylinderE. table B'U C, wheels 0, racks d d, rodf, hooks g, shaft (1, and crank7', all arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposeshown and described.

2. The racks b and ring 2', substantiallyas described, in-combinationwith the accessory mechanism, all as set forth. 4 y

JACOB SHEARMAN. Witnesses G120. l COLBY,

R. B. PESMAN.

